Dress protector



Dec. 22, 1931.

H. G. TISDAL L. 1,838,013

DRESS PROTECTOR Filed March 9, 1931 lNl/E'NT'OR HAZEL GRAcE 7750/1 1 BY QM Patented Dec. 1931,

mm. GEL CE TISDAIL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

D3388 PROTECTOR Application fled Iaroh 8, 1981, Serial 1T0. 521,184, and in. Canada Input 87, 1080.

My invention relates to improvements in dress protectors. The objects of the invention is to rovide means which are readily attachable y pins or otherwise to the fabric 5 of a dress on the lower margin of the sleeves and adjacent body portion of the dress, which means is of a sanitary material and is so formed as to detachably retain an absorbent pad and to provide a pad which can 10 be conveniently inserted or withdrawn from the retaining means. Also to provide such a pad which may be stretched in manufacture so as to leave the side portions thinner than the intermediate rtions, so as to pre 1" vent said pad from being bulky in front orto the rear of the arm and to dispose the greatest thickness of absorbent material directly between the arm and the bodylwhere the greatest exudation of perspiration takes 80 place.

The invention consists essentially of a shield of non-absorbent material shaped to fit the'lower portion of the arm holeof a dress, an absorbent pad shaped to substantially cover said shield, and means integral with the shield for retaining the pad in position, as will be more fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a general v1ew of the invention.

Fi 2 is a view of the pad removed from the 'eld.

Fig. 3 is a sectional'v'iew taken .on' the line 3-3ofFigure1. I

Fi 4 is a sectional view of the pad taken on t e line 44 of Figure 2 showing the e thickness of pad adjacent its side edges as to shaping.

Fig. 5 is a general view of amodification. In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each The numeral 1 indicates generally a shield consisting of a pair of flaps 2 substantially semi-circularin form and curved along their u per borderas at 8 to conform'to the shape 0 the lower edge of the arm hole of a ,Thg flgps' are made of any suitable non-absorbent material and are connected together at their upper edges.

Secured adjacent the upper side edges ofeach flap as at 4 on their exposed sides are non-absorbent straps 5, which extend diagonallydownwards in opposite directions and are connected at thelr lower ends to the lower side edges as 'at 6. The straps are preferably interlaced and, form between them and each flap a-pocket 7 for the reception of a pad 8. Thepad 8 consists of a single sheet of absorbent material such as cotton batting or cellulose fibre of a predetermined thickness and substantially circular in form, which is folded upon itself about'a centre line 9 and is then stretched to a pro ressively increasing length towards the si e edges until the line of the fold is curved to conform to the curved upper ed' e 3 of the shield. The stretchin of the a sorbent material adjacent its side edges reduces its thtickness as shown re 4, to less than the thickness of main F igu terial about the vertical centre of the .sur ace of the pad, which fabric is foldedon The pad Bis preferably covered with a set the bias and is stretched about the line of fold as shown in Figure 2 to conform to the shape are turned in over the edges of the'pad 8 as 1 at 11 and. are preferably lightly secured in position with a suitable adhesive.

In the modification shown in Figure 5 the pockets 7 are formed by attaching substantially horizontal and spaced stra s 12 and ,13 respectively to opposite sides 0 each flap 2 and attaching s aced vertical stra s 14 .to

the lower edges 0 the flaps and to t e strap .12.

of the pad 8. The borders of the fabric 10 Having thus described the several arts of my invention I will now briefly exp ain its use.

The shield 1 is placed in position in the arm hole of a garment with one flap 2 in the sleeve and the ,other inside the garment body. The shield will preferably be secured by stitching or with a pair of Prior to putting on the garment a pa 8 is putinposition by inserting its lower ends into the pockets where it is retained by the straps. Perspiration from the arm pit will be readily absorbed by the pad and retained therein, thus. reventing any moisture from reaching the fa ric of the garment. When the garment is removed,

the pad is withdrawn and the shield may be wiped down with a damp cloth or sponge, thus rendering it free from body odours and making-it sanitary, ready for the insertion of a new pad.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A dress protector comprising a nonabsorbent'shield adapted to be supported in a arment and having opposed flaps provided with straps extending across their oints and connected to the borders of said fine a pair of open topped pockets, said pockets being adapted to receive a folded pad of absorbent material and to leave the major portion of said pad and its borders exposed to the wearer s body.

2. A dress protector as claimed in claim 1 in which the straps are spaced apart a distance lgreater than the width of said straps where y eas access is obtained to the points of the pad or washin and dr ing.

Dated at Detroit, Feb., 1931. w

. HAZEL GRACE TISDALL.

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